Summertime Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays387

Summertime by Dianne Reeves is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords G, Am, C, B7, Em, A9, Fm, F#m, Gm, Am7+, Am7, C7M, C7/9+, G/F#, Em7 and Em6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Em
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16
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Introdução: G Am C B7 Em Am Em B7  
                                                                                                                                                                      
B7    Em   B7 Em  
Summertime        
          A9        Em   Am Em Fm F#m Gm 
And the livin' is easy 
         Am        Am7+   
Fish are jumpin'           
Am7         C          B7  C B7        
And the cotton is high 
      Em     B7   Em 
Your daddy's rich    
         A9         Em Am7   Em  Fm F#m  
And your mama's good-lookin' 
Am  G           Am    C7M  C7/9+   B7  Em Am Em B7 
So hush, little baby, don't             you cry 
B7           Em       B7 Em 
One of these mornin's,        
               A9      Em  Am  Em Fm F#m Gm 
You're gonna rise up singin' 
              Am          Am7+   Am7       C           B7    C B7 
You're gonna spread your wings  and take to the sky 
B7             Em    B7  Em  
But 'til that mornin',      
       A9         Em  Am   Em  Fm F#m 
Ain't nothin' can harm you 
Am    G G/F#    Em C7M C7/9+ B7 Em B7 Em7 Em6 Am7 B7 Em 
With daddy and mammy standin' by 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante